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Election 2000 Results

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2000 US Senate election in California

Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) beat Tom Campbell (Republican) in California in 2000, 55.8% to 36.6%, a margin of 19.3 points and 2,045,669 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1994, when Dianne Feinstein also won.

Democrats led in 30 of the 58 counties and Republicans in 28. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,605,254 votes and went to the Democrat by 35.8 points. The closest was Del Norte, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dianne Feinstein won Democratic 5,932,522 55.8%
Tom Campbell Republican 3,886,853 36.6%
All other candidates 804,233 7.6%
Total10,623,608

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,677,668 64.4% 743,872 28.6% 183,714 2,605,254 D+35.8
Orange 403,123 42.7% 471,410 50.0% 69,195 943,728 R+7.2
San Diego 466,461 51.3% 370,287 40.8% 71,783 908,531 D+10.6
Santa Clara 320,400 59.6% 187,953 35.0% 29,076 537,429 D+24.6
Alameda 328,355 67.7% 109,517 22.6% 47,427 485,299 D+45.1
Riverside 210,235 48.3% 195,085 44.8% 30,116 435,436 D+3.5
Sacramento 228,992 54.3% 163,343 38.7% 29,624 421,959 D+15.6
San Bernardino 200,558 49.1% 177,158 43.4% 30,525 408,241 D+5.7
Contra Costa 232,109 61.6% 125,188 33.2% 19,491 376,788 D+28.4
San Francisco 222,787 72.3% 47,072 15.3% 38,459 308,318 D+57.0
Ventura 138,836 50.2% 118,463 42.9% 19,140 276,439 D+7.4
San Mateo 165,216 64.8% 76,273 29.9% 13,469 254,958 D+34.9
Fresno 113,228 52.9% 86,502 40.4% 14,445 214,175 D+12.5
Sonoma 118,455 61.0% 57,244 29.5% 18,604 194,303 D+31.5
Kern 77,676 43.3% 90,564 50.4% 11,309 179,549 R+7.2
San Joaquin 86,731 52.7% 67,907 41.2% 10,084 164,722 D+11.4
Santa Barbara 75,357 49.9% 60,417 40.0% 15,140 150,914 D+9.9
Stanislaus 60,610 48.2% 55,919 44.5% 9,108 125,637 D+3.7
Solano 74,414 60.0% 41,449 33.4% 8,107 123,970 D+26.6
Marin 79,421 65.2% 32,077 26.4% 10,223 121,721 D+38.9
Monterey 67,401 58.0% 41,113 35.4% 7,770 116,284 D+22.6
Placer 47,169 41.0% 60,182 52.2% 7,833 115,184 R+11.3
Santa Cruz 60,853 56.8% 32,537 30.4% 13,774 107,164 D+26.4
San Luis Obispo 47,976 45.1% 49,055 46.2% 9,262 106,293 R+1.0
Tulare 40,117 45.5% 41,587 47.2% 6,420 88,124 R+1.7
Butte 34,117 41.5% 38,961 47.4% 9,095 82,173 R+5.9
El Dorado 28,873 40.7% 36,684 51.7% 5,376 70,933 R+11.0
Shasta 24,027 36.8% 35,884 55.0% 5,315 65,226 R+18.2
Yolo 35,193 58.2% 19,528 32.3% 5,769 60,490 D+25.9
Humboldt 25,788 47.0% 19,882 36.2% 9,214 54,884 D+10.8
Napa 28,884 56.7% 18,442 36.2% 3,613 50,939 D+20.5
Merced 25,426 51.9% 19,612 40.0% 3,937 48,975 D+11.9
Nevada 19,354 41.4% 23,095 49.4% 4,293 46,742 R+8.0
Mendocino 16,981 51.0% 10,503 31.5% 5,817 33,301 D+19.5
Madera 14,123 43.5% 15,810 48.7% 2,500 32,433 R+5.2
Imperial 15,937 56.2% 9,666 34.1% 2,772 28,375 D+22.1
Kings 13,402 48.5% 12,246 44.3% 1,991 27,639 D+4.2
Sutter 10,326 39.5% 14,394 55.1% 1,413 26,133 R+15.6
Tuolumne 10,028 43.0% 11,385 48.8% 1,926 23,339 R+5.8
Lake 11,410 54.7% 7,826 37.5% 1,607 20,843 D+17.2
Tehama 7,870 38.3% 10,859 52.8% 1,834 20,563 R+14.5
Siskiyou 7,476 38.4% 10,048 51.6% 1,946 19,470 R+13.2
Calaveras 7,852 42.3% 8,986 48.4% 1,720 18,558 R+6.1
San Benito 9,170 55.0% 6,545 39.3% 945 16,660 D+15.8
Yuba 6,345 40.2% 8,131 51.5% 1,314 15,790 R+11.3
Amador 6,671 43.9% 7,502 49.3% 1,039 15,212 R+5.5
Lassen 3,673 35.6% 5,618 54.4% 1,039 10,330 R+18.8
Plumas 4,075 40.8% 5,122 51.2% 801 9,998 R+10.5
Glenn 3,282 38.2% 4,664 54.3% 650 8,596 R+16.1
Del Norte 3,670 44.9% 3,672 44.9% 830 8,172 level
Mariposa 3,195 40.5% 3,837 48.6% 858 7,890 R+8.1
Inyo 2,711 35.2% 4,397 57.0% 604 7,712 R+21.9
Trinity 2,307 40.4% 2,771 48.5% 639 5,717 R+8.1
Colusa 2,250 41.2% 2,936 53.7% 281 5,467 R+12.5
Mono 1,818 42.6% 2,037 47.7% 417 4,272 R+5.1
Modoc 1,221 30.8% 2,414 60.9% 329 3,964 R+30.1
Sierra 666 36.6% 980 53.9% 172 1,818 R+17.3
Alpine 253 43.6% 242 41.7% 85 580 D+1.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Adam B. Schiff (D) D+17.7
2022 Alex Padilla (D) D+22.1
2018 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+54.2
2016 Kamala Harris (D) D+61.6
2012 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+25.0
2010 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
2006 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+24.4
2004 Barbara Boxer (D) D+19.9
2000 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+19.3
1998 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
1994 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+1.9
1992 Barbara Boxer (D) D+4.9
1988 Pete Wilson (R) R+8.8
1986 Alan Cranston (D) D+1.4
1982 Pete Wilson (R) R+6.8
1980 Alan Cranston (D) D+19.4
1976 S. I. Hayakawa (R) R+3.3
1974 Alan Cranston (D) D+24.3
1970 John V. Tunney (D) D+9.5
1968 Alan Cranston (D) D+4.9
1964 George Murphy (R) R+3.1
1962 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+12.9
1958 Clair Engle (D) D+14.1
1956 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+8.3
1952 William Knowland (R) R+87.8
1950 Richard M. Nixon (R) R+18.5
1946 William F. Knowland (R) R+9.9
1944 Sheridan Downey (D) D+4.6
1940 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+82.5
1938 Sheridan Downey (D) D+9.8
1934 Hiram Johnson (R) R+94.5
1932 William Gibbs McAdoo (D) D+12.6
1928 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+55.9
1926 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+26.2
1922 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+38.4
1920 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+8.3
1916 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+31.6
1914 James D. Phelan (D) D+2.9